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swilson0053 · 03-19-2012, 08:21 PM

My baby just eats purina puppy chow, that is what breeder was feeding them. Is that bad?

chestermama · 03-19-2012, 09:45 PM

solid gold sun dancer grain free does grest on it

Giorgismom · 03-20-2012, 03:11 AM

Natural Balance and home cooked meat and vegetables. I am going to check out the dog food they have at my natural food store and do some research before I decide to try it out.

tinalove · 03-20-2012, 04:58 AM

As one of our members stated corn and by products are not good for our fur kids. But always keep in mind there is no perfect food. I always try to look for natural or premium foods.

candigirl · 03-20-2012, 05:12 AM

I feed a Prey Model Raw diet. It's basically fresh meat, bone, and organs with a few other treats added in here and there. Lexie loves it and i love what it does for her

ritapatt · 03-20-2012, 06:23 AM

Taste of the Wild- Pacific stream. My 3 are shiny and healthy, my wheatens digestive upsets are a thing of the past. Ziva did eat solid gold wee bits for a year before I switched them all to the same food

Wylie's Mom · 03-20-2012, 07:29 AM

I feed Primal pre-made raw.

NrfnKiva · 03-20-2012, 07:38 AM

Hailey is eating Royal Canin for Puppies. not what i really want to feed her but that's what the breeder had her on. when she gets older she is slowly getting changed over to Wellness.

Cherie6446 · 03-20-2012, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by gracielove

I feed Stella & Chewy's freeze dried food along with PawNaturaw frozen raw. Gracie would never eat kibble. She loves raw.

I changed Zoey to Stella & Chewys freezed dried food and she loved it. About 4 weeks into this food she started throwing up. Pancreatitis. The fat content is 30% and I was told that when you rehydrate it the fat content is much less. Vet said NO. Now she is on a 0% fat food from the vet. Today I opened the last can. We are going back to Natures Variety raw food that is about 8% fat. Please keep an eye on your little one.
Cherie

sganow · 03-20-2012, 09:35 AM

Right now we are feeding Taste of the Wild. We have tried the Pacific Stream and the Sierra Mountain so far. The dogs love it! My only reservation is that it's made by Diamond, but Diamond makes dry foods for many companies out there including Wellness, Solid Gold, Natural Balance, Costco (Kirkland and Natures Domain), Tractor Supply and many others. Taste of the Wild is an actual Diamond brand though and is their top of the line food and it is grain free. Most of the people on this site, and other dog sites, don't like foods that contain corn, wheat, soy, by-products, un-named animal products, or menadione. Keep an eye out for those ingredients.

gracielove · 03-20-2012, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Cherie6446

I changed Zoey to Stella & Chewys freezed dried food and she loved it. About 4 weeks into this food she started throwing up. Pancreatitis. The fat content is 30% and I was told that when you rehydrate it the fat content is much less. Vet said NO. Now she is on a 0% fat food from the vet. Today I opened the last can. We are going back to Natures Variety raw food that is about 8% fat. Please keep an eye on your little one.
Cherie

I watch her closely and monitor her fluid intake as well. I know many vets are against raw feeding while some are very much for it. I am feeding more of the Paw Naturaw than the dehydrated at this point. The foods made up of Bison and Turkey and duck are much lower in fat while beef, chicken and lamb can have very high levels of fat. She is doing really well and although it would be much less expensive and easier to feed kibble I am really pleased with the results we are having......not to mention that she refuses kibble anyway. I have been looking into some companies that use deer and rabbit meat but don't know enough about them yet to decide.

MY OSCAR · 03-20-2012, 01:47 PM

i feed oscar Now Fresh Grain Free

bruisermommy · 03-20-2012, 03:21 PM

thanks everyone for your input. I appreciate it very much my little bruiser just got home from getting his baby teeth pulled they would not fall out on their own. he is being real lazy right now.

Christinee · 03-21-2012, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

Royal Canin ( the age appropriate formula)

That's what he gets Royal Canine. What the breeder told me to feed him. He does good with it.

Oops. wrong thread! LOL !

Ellie May · 03-21-2012, 06:45 AM

My girl eats Purina HA because she has to.
My boy eats Purina EN because he has specific fiber needs, it works well for him, I didn't like some things about the other foods we tried, and I don't have the energy to play the flavor of the week trial. So EN it is.

With no specific nutritional needs, they would both eat SD or RC small breed.

03-19-2012, 08:21 PM	#16
swilson0053 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: ky Posts: 166	My baby just eats purina puppy chow, that is what breeder was feeding them. Is that bad? __________________ love my baby Paislee Cocoa

03-20-2012, 07:29 AM	#22
Wylie's Mom Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 35,889 Blog Entries: 2	I feed Primal pre-made raw. __________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann \| Pfeiffer \| Marcel Verdel Purcell \| Wylie \| Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨°

03-20-2012, 07:38 AM	#23
NrfnKiva Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Windsor Locks, CT Posts: 166	Hailey is eating Royal Canin for Puppies. not what i really want to feed her but that's what the breeder had her on. when she gets older she is slowly getting changed over to Wellness. __________________ Patti RIP my sweet Kiva 1998~2011

03-20-2012, 09:35 AM	#25
sganow YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Van Alstyne, TX Posts: 854	Right now we are feeding Taste of the Wild. We have tried the Pacific Stream and the Sierra Mountain so far. The dogs love it! My only reservation is that it's made by Diamond, but Diamond makes dry foods for many companies out there including Wellness, Solid Gold, Natural Balance, Costco (Kirkland and Natures Domain), Tractor Supply and many others. Taste of the Wild is an actual Diamond brand though and is their top of the line food and it is grain free. Most of the people on this site, and other dog sites, don't like foods that contain corn, wheat, soy, by-products, un-named animal products, or menadione. Keep an eye out for those ingredients. __________________ Maggie (RIP), Ginger (RIP), Lilly (RIP), Bella (RIP), Saleen, Bailey, Bridget, Lucy Last edited by sganow; 03-20-2012 at 09:36 AM.

03-21-2012, 06:45 AM	#30
Ellie May And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI Posts: 17,928	My girl eats Purina HA because she has to. My boy eats Purina EN because he has specific fiber needs, it works well for him, I didn't like some things about the other foods we tried, and I don't have the energy to play the flavor of the week trial. So EN it is. With no specific nutritional needs, they would both eat SD or RC small breed. __________________ Crystal, Ellie May (RIP), Rylee Finnegan, and Gracie Boo🐶

03-19-2012, 09:45 PM	#17
chestermama YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: washington Posts: 3,383 Blog Entries: 1	solid gold sun dancer grain free does grest on it

03-20-2012, 03:11 AM	#18
Giorgismom Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Illinois USA Posts: 60	Natural Balance and home cooked meat and vegetables. I am going to check out the dog food they have at my natural food store and do some research before I decide to try it out.

03-20-2012, 04:58 AM	#19
tinalove YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Orangeburg SC Posts: 567	As one of our members stated corn and by products are not good for our fur kids. But always keep in mind there is no perfect food. I always try to look for natural or premium foods.

03-20-2012, 05:12 AM	#20
candigirl YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Toronto, Ont Posts: 333	I feed a Prey Model Raw diet. It's basically fresh meat, bone, and organs with a few other treats added in here and there. Lexie loves it and i love what it does for her

03-20-2012, 06:23 AM	#21
ritapatt YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Merritt Island,FL Posts: 1,400	Taste of the Wild- Pacific stream. My 3 are shiny and healthy, my wheatens digestive upsets are a thing of the past. Ziva did eat solid gold wee bits for a year before I switched them all to the same food

03-20-2012, 01:47 PM	#27
MY OSCAR YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: USA Posts: 4,514	i feed oscar Now Fresh Grain Free

03-20-2012, 03:21 PM	#28
bruisermommy BANNED! Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: cincinnati,ohio Posts: 6	thanks everyone for your input. I appreciate it very much my little bruiser just got home from getting his baby teeth pulled they would not fall out on their own. he is being real lazy right now.